Amy Bishop won't be tried for brother's death

Norfolk District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey announced today that he has dropped plans to try Amy Bishop for the 1986 shooting of her brother Seth in Braintree.

Norfolk District Attorney Michael W. Morrissey announced today that he has dropped plans to try Amy Bishop for the 1986 shooting of her brother Seth in Braintree.

In the wake of the life sentence Bishop received for murder in Alabama this week, Morrissey said there is no longer a need to try her for the fatal shooting of her brother, Seth, in the family home.

Bishop was sentenced Monday to life in prison with no chance of parole after admitting guilt in a shooting rampage at an Alabama University.

Presuming that Bishop’s guilty plea and associated life-without-parole sentence remain undisturbed in Alabama, it is unlikely that Norfolk County authorities will take additional action.

Morrissey came to his decision after consulting with his counterpart in Alabama, District Attorney Robert Broussard, about the details of the plea and its consequences. “And perhaps most importantly, with a life-without-parole sentence in place, there is not an issue of public safety.”